 | | Journal (issue) | | fee basis for people interested in collecting in Virginia. All the listed localities were open to the public...available at the mine (except for Chestnut Ridge). - AMETHYST SITE AMHERST COUNTY The amethyst site...miles southeast of Amherst, Amherst County, about 1.0 mile off the south side of State Road 659approximately...operated by Mrs.Charles R. Schaar of Amherst, Virginia, telephone (804) 946-5721. The collecting fee...BERYL MZNE AMELIA COUNTY The Beryl mine is located 3.8 miles east of.Amelia* Amelia County, off the southwest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Virginia by RICHARD S. MITCHELL Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...same county. I t also has been observed i n pegmatites i n Powhatan County, Spotsylvania County, and...world have specimens of allanite from Amherst County, Virginia. The mineral is usually black and is coated...radioactive. The mineral was reported in Amherst County as early as 1874. Mallet ( 1 8 7 7 ) first described...the classic locality which is on Little Friar Mountain, near Albite {cleavelandite variety). Cleavelandite |  | | Report (issue) | | SOME MANGANESE MINES IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. By D. F. HEWETT. INTRODUCTION. The demand for large amounts...actively exploited. Thus most of the deposits of Virginia, Georgia, and Arkansas that are now known were...per cent of the imports. Owing to the fact that Virginia appears to possess a larger number of deposits...adjacent States and to her proximity to markets, Virginia has supplied a large part of the domestic production...ore is said to have come from one mine, the Crimora, in Augusta County. The present paper is based on data |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS (PART GOOCHLAND By PHILIP East Derry, COUNTY In N edge of the James R...Lakeside Village (15), and the following (7V2) South Anna, Goochland, Perkinsville, Johnson Springs,...Extensive gold mining formerly on ex treme W and county line around Rte 605 to Rte 606. There are several...shafts and O-Cs are found. Pyrite veins altered to limonite which carries gold up to 2 Mm. diameter. Magnetite...ankerite, bornite, chlo rite, chalcopyrite, kaolin (limonite stained), pyrite, sericite, biotite, musco vite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | No. 12 THE DUFRENITE LOCALITY AT MIDVALE, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY. VIRGINIA SAMUEL G. GORDON Acaderny of Natural...Natural Sci,ences of Philadelphia The Virginia locality of the rare mineral dufrenite is generally designated...designated in collections as "Rockbridge County,Ya." Writers affecting greater precision have given it...Ridge, about lf kilometers (one mile) southeast of Midvale,-a small station on the Norfolk and Western R....Small dumps just yrest of the South River road, about a kilometer south of the station, serve to locate |  | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: Irish Creek, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA. 3.196 (10), 4.842 (5), 3.573 (5), 2...Total 99.88 100.00 2+ :Mn2+ = 1:1. (1) Rockbridge Co., Virginia, USA. (2) (Fe2+ , Mn2+ )Fe3+ 4 (PO4 )3 (OH)5...Forms a series with frondelite. Occurrence: In “limonite” iron ore deposits; an alteration product of primary...roscherite, “limonite”. Distribution: Widespread; may be locally abundant. In the USA, in Virginia, on South...South Mountain, southeast of Midvale, Rockbridge Co.; at the Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, North Groton |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF JAROSITEIN VIRGINIA NEW OCCURRENCES Rrcneno S. Mrrcunrt, (Jniaersity oJ Virginia, Charl,ottesaille...Nanjemoy formation (Eocene)in Virginia. Large amounts occur along the south bank of the Potomac River, near...Mathias Point in King George County. It also occurs in similar sediments on the south bank of the Rappahannock...between Moss Neck and Skinker's Neck in Caroline County. Although the mineral has been collected only from...the Nanjemoy, and similar formations, outcrop in Virginia and in neighboring Maryland' The jarosite occurs |  | | Report (issue) | | -. I I ) li I VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA THoMAS LEoNARD Warsou, pn. D...Manganese Deposits of the West Foot of the Blue Ridge, Virginia .BY G. W. STOSE, H. D. MISER, F. J. KATZ, D....oclcAt Sunvry CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1919 'f I i i I STATE GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...lq 42 tq /2 Manga,rrite Pyrolusite Wad . Limonite Other minerals.... Relations of the minerals...Creek or Seibel mine .. iocation geology ore Millins Vicinityof X'rontRoyal County BentonvilletoVauEhanStation |  | | Report (issue) | | secondary mineral in complex granite pegmatites; in “limonite” iron ores and gossans; with magnetite iron ores;...Czech Republic. In Sweden, from the Leveäniemi mine, Svappavaara, and in the Kiruna iron mines. At Iglesias...Portugal. In the Bomi Hill Caves, Liberia. In the USA, from the Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, near North...New Hampshire; at Midvale, Rockbridge Co., Virginia; large crystals from Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co.,...Creek mine, Polk Co., Arkansas; in the Wood mine, Cooke Co., Tennessee; from the Bull Moose mine, five |  | | Report (issue) | | the material a suitable flux for brown ore or limonite. It is characteristic of the Clinton ores of this...about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...between Harriman and Rockwood, also at a few points south of Rockwood as far as Glen Alice. The normal thickness...9 and 10.68 cubic feet per ton of 2,240 pounds. South of Kockwood the ore becomes thinner, a bed 15 to...about 9 miles, lying partly in Roane County and partly in Rhea County. -Much of this strip is in the bottom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR. Virginia Division...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R . V . Dietrich. A l |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PoIk Co., Arkansas, and probably at the Nitzelbuch mine, Amberg district, Bavaria. Characterizing r-ray...radial fibrous crusts with a botryoidal surface on limonite.) Hirschberg, Thuringia. (Radial fibrous aggregatesof...aggregatesof olive brown to greenish blackcolor in limonite and quartz. Here taken as the type localitl,.)...botryoidal crusts with a radial fibrous structure on limonite ) Hauptmannsgriin, nearReichenbach, Saxony. (Dark...botryoidal crusts with a fibrous structure, on limonite.) uliersreuth, Saxony. (Dark greenish black to |  | | Report (issue) | | CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA. By D. F. HEWETT, G. W. STOSE, F. J. KATZ, and... Manganese minerals are widely distributed in Virginia, and a fairly complete explanation of the origin...known concerning some types of these deposits in Virginia to warrant the direction of effort toward exploration...briefly the results of field work in a part of Virginia where many manganese deposits are known. The examination...done in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Virginia. As it has brought forth much information concerning |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |  | | Journal (issue) | | SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................... North Carolina and South Carolina.............................. Georgia....Appalachian region Continued. Page. Northwestern Virginia.................................................93 93 94 Virginia.................................._..................... 94 West Virginia............................................. 130 Rocky Mountain region........................................................................................ South Dakota.................................;....... |  | | Report (volume) | | ........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota... .Prof. E. C. Perisho............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Book | | PISTOLS I THE BLUE BELL CLAIMS San Bernardino County, California by Millard F. Maynard, Editor A1...Jean Hall Mac and Elyga Mansfield San Bernardino County Museum Department of Earth Sciences 2024 Orange...This report has been prepared by San Bernardino County Museum volunteers. It is one of a series we plan...on the mines in this county. Mining activity for metals in San Bernardino County has been very limited...minimal. Previous publications about mines in the county have generally made reference only to the production |  | | Book (edition) | | the con dition of affairs, more especially in the South and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...extends from the south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance...distance of 60 miles. Down to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below |  | | Book (volume) | | :-Honduras Mexico Nicar:\gua 11!3'. 113115 4. SOUTH AMERICA:Argentina Bolivia B razil Chile Colombia...of Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ma-r yland...including the States of the Plains, the Rocky Mountain and Paci.fie Coast regions. From a steel-making...including all the plants from lVIissouri and Maryland south to the Gulf of Mexico. These pla-nts ,111 use local...colour, but they contain less \Nater than does limonite (brown haimu,tite), and are therefore conventionally |  | | Book | | of each Utah county. History, mineral deposits, and mining activity of each Utah county are covered....1849-50 near the little town of \Vales in Sanpete County, but the transportation problem prevented utilization...bring results until 1863, when Summit County's first mine was opened at Coalville, and coal was sold to the... The 5 Winter Quarters mine, first to open in what is now Carbon County, began opera• tions in 1878...dis• covered six years earlier in the old Lincoln mine. Lead was sorely needed to make bullets for defense |  | | Report (volume) | | ......... South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota.................................................... Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, |  | | | | by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak... New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales at Broken... England. Native copper wires occur at Tsumeb, South West 'Africa. occurrences: 14 10 X Copper 15...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Australia, silver is found at Broken Hill in New South Wales. Mexico has been a big producer, particularly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Solid mass. 3 x l v2xl ' '2 I 12 oz.I . 4.00 LIMONITE ps. after PYRITE, Utah. Group o f large cubic................................... FORMATION OF LIMONITE TUBES. By S. B11tler ........................................................ MINERAL JAUNT TO SOUTH DAKOTA. By H oward E. / ack.ron .................. 1080 accomplishment to the interest of Harvey South Gilpin, Denver, won first place Franz of Benton...who had not yet enlection. Fred was a student at South High roJled in a college or university. Prof. when |
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